Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream. - YouTube Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream. Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Apr 11, 2009 The full version of Susan Boyle. A fairy tale in the making. Susan Dreaming Her Dream on Britain's Got Talent... Britain's Got Talent 2009 Started on April 11 and finished May 30 2009, Susan's dream continues today... Please, . Cheers, RohFlowz, for the ascii art...... Category Susan Boyle Final Performance VIDEO From "Britain's Got Talent"... Finishes Second | The Huffington Post Susan Boyle Final Performance VIDEO From "Britain's Got Talent"... Finishes Second 06/30/2009 05:12 am ET | Updated May 25, 2011 1.7k Huffingtion Post/AP AP: LONDON - She dreamed a dream, and it very nearly came true.

But Susan Boyle 's reality show journey finished Saturday with a second-place finish in the finals of "Britain's Got Talent," an ending that didn't fit the fairy tale. Instead of the 48-year-old internet sensation, an exuberant dance troupe called "Diversity" took the 100,000-pound ($159,000) prize and will perform for Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal Variety Show. Boyle paced around the stage as the hosts named the top three of the ten final acts, and looked almost relieved when her name was called as the runner-up. She recovered in time to graciously praise the dancers. "The best people won," Boyle said. "They're very entertaining. Lads, I wish you all the best." Boyle then curtsied several times to the audience, gave them her signature shimmy, and strolled offstage. WATCH THE FINAL PERFORMANCE: It had been a tumultuous week for Boyle, a woman previously unused to the limelight. She lost her cool during a confrontation with two reporters, and the police intervened.

One contest judge said Boyle had contemplated pulling out of the competition to soothe her frazzled nerves But when she stepped into the spotlight Saturday, Boyle seemed more polished -- and animated -- than in previous appearances. She wore a modest, but glamorous, floor-length gown, and chose to go back to the song that rocketed her into the international spotlight: "I Dreamed a Dream," from the musical "Les Miserables." Her hometown of Blackburn, Scotland -- a small, working class village about 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of Edinburgh -- rallied round her, stringing up posters and signs in her support. Friends and neighbors gathered at a local pub to watch the performance. "I've known her for many years," said 72-year-old neighbor Margaret Yule. "She's a lovely lassie and she will do well whatever happens. Susan is about the singing, and fame and fortune won't change her." Millions tuned in to the live program and voted by telephone afterward.

Boyle was up against a host of everyman acts determined to find stardom on reality television, including Shaheen Jafargholi, a 12-year-old whose voice has been compared to Michael Jackson's, Hollie Steel, a 10-year-old who turned in a solid performance after a tearful semifinal meltdown, and a grandfather-grandaughter singing duo. And then there was "Stavros Flatley," a father-son act who parodied "The Lord of the Dance" by romping around the stage shirtless, in blond wigs and leather pants, combining Greek and Irish dancing and music. But it was Boyle whom people tuned in to watch. After her first appearance in April, Boyle became the favorite to win the competition. As she stepped on stage during auditions, her frumpy appearance drew condescending looks from the studio audience and the judges, but her soaring, evocative voice silenced the doubters and turned her into an Internet sensation. The first moment Boyle sang was one that has been viewed millions of times, the fifth-most watched clip in history on YouTube. It was a moment that went down in reality-show history.

As Boyle hit a high note at the end of the song's first line, judge Simon Cowell's eyebrows rose along with her voice. The audience went mad. And a star was born. She has since appeared on the "Oprah Winfrey Show." Demi Moore tweeted about Boyle on her Twitter feed. Boyle dominated Britain's tabloids -- but there were signs she was feeling the heat. She acknowledged Saturday that it had been a stressful few weeks, but said onstage that it had been "well worth it." Cowell said that she'd been given a rough ride, but that she was "a nice, shy person who wants a break." More: Susan Boyle - Britains Got Talent 2009 Episode 1 - Saturday 11th April | HD High Quality - YouTube Susan Boyle - Britains Got Talent 2009 Episode 1 - Saturday 11th April | HD High Quality Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later.

Uploaded on Apr 11, 2009 Susan Boyle - Britain's Got Talent 2009 Episode 1 - Saturday 11th April Category Susan Boyle songbooks Susan Boyle Performer Songbooks Susan Magdalane Boyle is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables. Her first album was released in November 2009 and debuted as the number one best-selling album on charts around the globe. Susan Boyle's initial appearance on the talent show fired public imagination when her modest stage introduction and thick speaking accent left audience, viewers and judges alike unprepared for the power and expression of her mezzo-soprano voice. Before she had finished the song's opening phrase a standing ovation for Boyle had erupted.(6)(7) An international media and Internet response coincided. Within nine days of the audition, videos of Boyle-from the show, various interviews and her 1999 rendition of "Cry Me a River"-had been watched over 100 million times.

Despite becoming an international sensation she eventually finished in second place on the show behind dance troupe Diversity. Boyle's debut album, I Dreamed a Dream (2009) instantly became the UK's best-selling debut album of all time, beating the previous record held bySpirit by Leona Lewis. I Dreamed a Dream is ranked fourth in its first week sales according to the Official Chart Company in the United Kingdom. In her first year of fame, Boyle made ï¿½5 million with the release of I Dreamed a Dream and its lead-off singles, "I Dreamed a Dream" and "Wild Horses". The success was continued with her second album, The Gift (2010), and was followed by Boyle's third album, Someone to Watch Over Me, released on 31 October 2011. On 12 May 2012, Susan returned to Britain's Got Talent to perform as a guest in the final singing "You'll See". The following day, she performed at Windsor Castle for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant singing "Mull of Kintyre". Boyle's net worth was estimated at ï¿½22 million in April 2012.

Displaying 1-2 of 2 items. Susan Boyle : I Dreamed A Dream Review: Inspirational and breathtaking, I Dreamed a Dream is the highly anticipated debut album from international sensation Susan Boyle. Susan surprised the world with her powerful, heart-stopping voice when she appeared on Britain's Got Talent. Now, Alfred Music presents this stunning album-matching folio with piano/vocal/guitar arrangements. This songbook includes a complete biographical sketch created specifically for this publication. Songlist: How Great Thou Art, Cry Me a River, Who I Was Born to Be, Daydream Believer, The End of the World, You'll See, I Dreamed a Dream, Up to the Mountain , Proud, Silent Night, Amazing Grace, Wild Horses 4041b | Songbook $19.95 | Solo Susan Boyle : The Gift Review: Enjoy playing Susan Boyle's personal favorites from the sacred, secular, and traditional worlds. This songbook includes commentary from Susan on each title.

Songlist: Do You Hear What I Hear, Make Me a Channel of Your Peace, Perfect Day, Don't Dream It's Over, The First Noel, O Holy Night, O Come All Ye Faithful, Hallelujah, Away in a Manger, Auld Lang Syne Style: Pop Susan Boyle Biography and Profile Updated November 30, 2016. Susan Boyle's Early Years and Personal Life Susan Boyle was born April 1, 1961 in Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland. She was the youngest of a large family and born when her mother was 47. A deprivation of oxygen during a difficult birth left her with mild brain injury causing learning disabilities. However, later, after her commercial success as a singer, she was told that she has Asperger syndrome and her IQ is above average. Susan Boyle has revealed that she was a victim of bullying as a young child. As an adult, most of the care for Susan Boyle's mother fell to her. The pair lived together, and her mother passed away at the age of 91. Grief over the death of her mother caused Susan Boyle to stop singing for a few years.

Singing Experience While growing up Susan Boyle sang in school choirs and musical productions. She took singing lessons from vocal coach Fred O'Neil. With the encouragement of her mother, Susan Boyle entered a wide range of local singing competitions and has a large collection of trophies to attest to her success. continue reading below our video Highest Paid Female Actors Ever She auditioned for the TV talent show My Kind of People at a shopping mall in 1995. Susan Boyle believes that she was too nervous to make a solid first impression. When her mother died at the age of 91, Susan Boyle put her music on hold. She later chose to enter Britain's Got Talent as a tribute to her mother. Susan Boyle's Top Songs 2011 - "Enjoy the Silence" - Watch Video 2013 - "O Come, All Ye Faithful" with Elvis Presley - Watch Video 2014 - "You Raise Me Up" - Watch Video 'Britain's Got Talent' Contestant On April 11, 2009, Susan Boyle's audition in the first round of the talent competition Britain's Got Talent was broadcaste.

Amid incredulous looks from the judges and barely suppressed laughter from audience members, Susan Boyle sang "I Dreamed a Dream" from the musical show Les Miserables. Her critics were instantly silenced as attention shifted from her ordinary looks to extraordinary singing talent. She was put through to the show's semi-final. Susan Boyle sang "Memory" from Cats in the semi-final May 24, 2009. Advancing to the final, she finished second to the dance troupe Diversity on May 30, 2009. Susan Boyle's Musical Style Susan Boyle possesses the voice of a singer of classic pop standards and show tunes. Both songs that she sang on Britain's Got Talent were from Broadway shows. However, her recording of "Cry Me a River" and demo of "Killing Me Softly" show some versatility leaning in the jazz and R&B areas. Susan Boyle herself has said that she hopes to be a professional singer in the model of Elaine Page who came to fame in stage shows such as Evita, Cats, and Chess. Recording Artist Following her stunning first televised performance, Susan Boyle became a worldwide sensation inspiring praise for the ability of an everyday person to rise to stardom simply due to their singing talent.

Her performances have been seen and heard over 100 million times on the video site YouTube. Speculation began almost immediately over Susan Boyle's prospects for success as a recording artist. In the days before the Britain's Got Talent final, stories began emerging of the stress being experienced by Susan Boyle. She was portrayed as argumentative and subject to public outbursts. The day after the show concluded, she was admitted to a private clinic. An official statement read that she was, "exhausted and emotionally drained, suffering from exhaustion." Susan Boyle's first album I Dreamed a Dream was released in late November 2009. It included a powerful cover of the Rolling Stones ballad "Wild Horses." The album became a worldwide sensation. It sold over 700,000 copies in its first week of release in the US. It topped the album chart for six consecutive weeks and with sales over three million in less than two months, I Dreamed a Dream became the second bestselling album of all of 2009. It earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album. The Gift For her second studio album, Susan Boyle recorded a Christmas themed collection titled The Gift.

In advance of the album's release, Susan Boyle published her autobiography The Woman I Was Born To Be - My Story. The Gift soared to the top of the charts in its first week of release becoming Susan Boyle's second consecutive #1 album. However, the first week sales were just over 300,000 copies, less than half of that of her first album. With continued holiday season sales, The Gift ultimately sold more than two million copies in the US and earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Later Recordings By the release of her third studio album Someone To Watch Over Me in November 2011, Susan Boyle's days as a chart-topping artist in the US were over. The album debuted at #4 selling over 100,000 copies but quickly descended the chart. Among the diverse collection of songs on the album are a cover of Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence" and Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now." Susan Boyle returned to Christmas music for her fifth studio album Home For Christmas released in 2013.

It included a digitally created duet with Elvis Presley on "O Come, All Ye Faithful." All of the proceeds from the single were donated to charity. The album also included duets with Johnny Mathis. It peaked at #3 on the US holiday album chart. Susan Boyle's sixth studio album Hope was released as a concept album in October 2014. It included songs centered around the theme of hope and inspiration. Among the songs are John Lennon's "Imagine," Sarah McLachlan's "Angle," and Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here." The album spent a phenomenal 35 weeks at the top of Billboard's inspirational albums chart. In November 2014, Susan Boyle revealed that she was dating her first boyfriend. Hollie Steel (Performer) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News Hollie Steel Female Born Jul 1, 1998 Hollie Steel is a schoolgirl and performer from Huncoat, Lancashire, England. In 2009 at the age of ten she was one of ten finalists on the third series of the ITV reality show Britain's Got Talent.

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Hollie&#39;s official website says she âloved the songâ after hearing Hayley Westenra&#39;s version,' Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Hollie Steel. CHILDHOOD 1998 Birth Born on July 1, 1998. TEENAGE Show Less In 2009 at the age of ten she was one of ten finalists on the third series of the ITV reality show Britain's Got Talent. … Read More Her first audition drew mostly positive comments from all of the show's judges. In her second appearance during the semi-finals Steel forgot the words of her song and broke down onstage. She received a second chance, completing the song without a problem. Steel advanced to the finals and finished in sixth place. Read Less She then toured the United Kingdom, making live performances with the series' other finalists in the summer of 2009. In September 2009, Steel and family started a record label, 'BB5 Records' and she began recording her debut album, Hollie, which was released in May 2010.

… Read More The album was distributed in Hong Kong and UK.<br /><br /> Steel released a second album in late 2011, and in early 2012 a third album. She released her sixth single on 3 December 2012, Fly, which was recorded in Italy with Casa Musica and Romina Arena.<br /><br /> Steel has been singing since the age of four when she showed interest in her brother Joshua's performances. She also attended the KLF Dance Academy in Burnley with him. Prior to Britain's Got Talent she performed in productions of Annie and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.<br /><br /> Steel's parents, Nina and Jason, who work as National Health Service audiologists, said that she was entered in Britain's Got Talent so she would not feel left out as they felt her brother, Joshua, five years older, was more likely to progress. The judges preferred Hollie's audition and Joshua dropped out. Read Less In April 2009, Steel auditioned for the third series of Britain's Got Talent.

… Read More In her first televised appearance, she began her number ballet dancing to "I Could Have Danced All Night" from the musical My Fair Lady, then, as judge Simon Cowell started to reach for the red rejection buzzer, she began singing the song with an unexpectedly powerful voice. She received a standing ovation from the audience and the approval of all four judges. Piers Morgan told Steel, "We have seen a lot of children on our show over the past three series and I have never heard any of them sing as well as you do". Kelly Brook was in tears and called her performance, "beautiful and lovely". Media reports at the time claimed that Steel had referred to Cowell as a bully for critical comments he made after her first appearance on the show; however, a blog at a Lancashire newspaper's web site that was attributed to Steel and her mother denied that she had ever made such a comment. Commentators and mainstream media outlets speculated that she might defeat Susan Boyle, who had made an impression worldwide in the first show of the series. Over thirteen million viewers watched Steel's performance and, within one day of a video of her performance being posted on YouTube, over a million viewers had seen her worldwide.

She was interviewed on US television via satellite link during NBC's Today show. Read Less During June and July 2009, Steel appeared in Britain's Got Talent â The Live Tour 2009 with most of the other finalists from the third series. … Read More She was home tutored between rehearsals and the start of the tour. The rehearsals were held at the Apollo Theatre in Hammersmith. The tour opened at Birmingham, England on 12 June 2009, and finished on 5 July 2009 at Bournemouth. During the live stage shows, Steel performed solo and also in combination with other artists such as 2 Grand, with whom she performed "Edelweiss" in Newcastle. Read Less The Daily Mirror on 28 July 2009 reported that veteran performer and singer Rolf Harris wished to record a song with Steel that he composed. However, the project with Harris fell through and so, in September 2009, Steel signed with record label VVR2, owned by Dave D'Mello. … Read More For VVR2, she recorded her debut single "Where Are You, Christmas?

" from the American film How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The single was released on 14 December 2009. The single, however, did not make it into the top 40 in the UK Singles Chart. Read Less Show Less Steel's debut album, Hollie, was released on 24 May 2010. … Read More The album was released on Steel's own label, BB5 Records Limited, named after the Accrington postcode, and includes the Pendleâs Arden Youth Choir on some of the classical pieces. It was distributed by Universal. Read Less Steel's second single was "Edelweiss", from The Sound of Music, and was released on 29 March 2010. Steel's third single was "I Could Have Danced All Night", from My Fair Lady, and "O Mio Babbino Caro", from Gianni Schicchi, and was released on 10 May 2010. … Read More Steel recorded at the sound studio in the ACE Centre in Nelson, Lancashire. Read Less Steelâs next single, consisting of two tracks, was released on 22 November 2010.

… Read More The first song of the single is a cover of "When Christmas Comes to Town" from the 2004 animated/live action movie The Polar Express; the second song is "O Holy Night". Read Less Steel also released a limited-edition 24 minute 2010 Christmas album available only on her official website, A Christmas Wish, consisting of six tracks with a complimentary 4 minute DVD titled "When Christmas comes to town." On 4 December 2010, Steel gave performances of "O Mio Babbino Caro" and "O Holy Night" at Carnegie Hall in New York. Tanya Gold: It wasn't singer Susan Boyle who was ugly on Britain's Got Talent so much as our reaction to her | Opinion | The Guardian It wasn't singer Susan Boyle who was ugly on Britain's Got Talent so much as our reaction to her Britain's Got Talent: Susan Boyle in the auditions. Photograph: Ken McKay/ITV Wednesday 15 April 2009 19.01 EDT First published on Wednesday 15 April 2009 19.01 EDT Share on Messenger Close Is Susan Boyle ugly? Or are we?

On Saturday night she stood on the stage in Britain's Got Talent ; small and rather chubby, with a squashed face, unruly teeth and unkempt hair. She wore a gold lace dress, which made her look like a piece of pork sitting on a doily. Interviewed by Ant and Dec beforehand, she told them that she is unemployed, single, lives with a cat called Pebbles and has never been kissed. Susan then walked out to chatter, giggling, and a long and unpleasant wolf whistle. Why are we so shocked when "ugly" women can do things, rather than sitting at home weeping and wishing they were somebody else? Men are allowed to be ugly and talented. Alan Sugar looks like a burst bag of flour. Gordon Ramsay has a dried-up riverbed for a face. Justin Lee Collins looks like Cousin It from The Addams Family. Graham Norton is a baboon in mascara. I could go on. But a woman has to have the bright, empty beauty of a toy - or get off the screen. We don't want to look at you. Except on the news, where you can weep because some awful personal tragedy has befallen you.

Simon Cowell, now buffed to the sheen of an ornamental pebble, asked this strange creature, this alien, how old she was. "I'm nearly 47," she said. Simon rolled his eyes until they threatened to roll out of his head, down the aisle and out into street. "But that's only one side of me," Susan added, and wiggled her hips. The camera cut to the other male judge, Piers Morgan, who winced. Didn't Susan know she was not supposed to be sexual? The audience's reaction was equally disgusting. They giggled with embarrassment, and when Susan said she wanted to be a professional singer, the camera spun to a young girl, who seemed to be at least half mascara. She gave an "As if!" squeak and smirked. Amanda Holden, the female judge, a woman with improbably raised eyebrows and snail trails of Botox over her perfectly smooth face, chose neutrality. And then Susan sang. She stood with her feet apart, like a Scottish Edith Piaf, and very slowly began to sing Les Miserables' I Dreamed A Dream. It was wonderful. The judges were astonished.

They gasped, they gaped, they clapped. They looked almost ashamed. I was briefly worried that Simon might stab himself with a pencil, and mutter, "Et tu, Piers, for we have wronged Susan in thinking that because she is a munter, she is entirely useless." How could they have misjudged her, they gesticulated. But how could they not? No makeup? Bad teeth? Funny hair? Is she insane, this sad little Scottish spinster, beloved only of Pebbles the Cat? When Susan had finished singing, and Piers had finished gasping, he said this. It was a comment of incredible spite. "When you stood there with that cheeky grin and said, 'I want to be like Elaine Paige', everyone was laughing at you. No one is laughing now." And it was over to Amanda Holden, a woman most notable for playing a psychotic hairdresser in the Manchester hair-extensions saga Cutting It. "I am so thrilled," said Amanda, "because I know that everybody was against you." "Everybody was against you," she said, as if Susan might have been hanged for her presumption. Why?

Can't "ugly" people dream, you flat-packed, hair-ironed, over-plucked monstrous fool? I know what you will say. You will say that Paul Potts, the fat opera singer with the equally squashed face who won Britain's Got Talent in 2007, had just as hard a time at his first audition. I looked it up on YouTube . He did not. "I wasn't expecting that," said Simon to Paul. "Neither was I," said Amanda. "You have an incredible voice," said Piers. And that was it. No laughter, or invitations to paranoia, or mocking wolf-whistles, or smirking, or derision. We see this all the time in popular culture. Do you ever stare at the TV and wonder where the next generation of Judi Denchs and Juliet Stevensons have gone? Have they fallen down a Rada wormhole? Yes. They're not there, because they aren't pretty enough to get airtime. This lust for homogeneity in female beauty means that when someone who doesn't resemble a diagram in a plastic surgeon's office steps up to the microphone, people fall about and treat us to despicable sub-John Gielgud gestures of amazement.

Susan will probably win Britain's Got Talent . She will be the little munter that could sing, served up for the British public every Saturday night. Look! It's "ugly"! It sings! And I know that we think that this will make us better people. But Susan Boyle will be the freakish exception that makes the rule. By raising this Susan up, we will forgive ourselves for grinding every other Susan into the dust. It will be a very partial and poisoned redemption. Because Britain's Got Malice. Sing, Susan, sing - to an ugly crowd that doesn't deserve you. • This week Tanya watched Atomic Train, a 1999 movie masterpiece about a runaway train carrying nuclear material somewhere near Denver: "Wally, you're not a captain. You don't go down with the ship." "I've been living on trains for 33 years. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't die on one." She read the Qur'an in Arabic, a language she does not understand. Susan Boyle: a dream come true | Music | The Guardian Susan Boyle Susan Boyle: a dream come true Unknown Scottish singleton Susan Boyle became one of the most talked-about people in the world this week after a brief TV appearance.

How? Friday 17 April 2009 19.01 EDT First published on Friday 17 April 2009 19.01 EDT Share on Messenger Close Her appearance on ITV1's reality show Britain's Got Talent lasted just a few minutes, but that was long enough to propel 47-year-old amateur singer Susan Boyle to instant global fame. From Japan to Denmark to the US, the clip of the Scottish charity worker's spine-tingling performance of I Dreamed a Dream from the musical Les Misérables last Saturday night has electrified viewers. As of last night, the clip had been seen by more than 26 million people on YouTube , with the number jumping from 1 million to 5.5 million in just one 24-hour period alone, making it the most watched video on the site globally this week. A further 2.3 million have viewed the video on the Britain's Got Talent website, while on ITV1 and its digital spin-offs, more than 11 million viewers have now seen it. Boyle has been the most talked-about subject on Twitter all week, with users in a multitude of languages raving about her.

Even Hollywood actors Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore - who between them have more than 1.6 million followers on Twitter - have got in on the act, with Kutcher posting a link to the clip and writing: "This just made my night." Moore replied: "You saw it made me teary!" Boyle is not on Facebook and has never heard of Twitter. In just a week her life has been turned upside down. She has found herself at the centre of an international media frenzy, with television crews and journalists from around the globe descending on her small home town of Blackburn in West Lothian. A team from US television broadcaster CBS has been interviewing drinkers in her local pub while a CNN crew travelled to the town to talk to Boyle for the prestigious Larry King Live show, which airs today. Boyle has even been invited on that ultimate harbinger of fame, The Oprah Winfrey Show. Just a week ago, Boyle was an unemployed charity worker living alone with her cat Pebbles and, as she informed TV viewers, had "never been kissed". Now Simon Cowell says she will have a US No 1 album.

In the last few days Boyle has given more than 60 interviews, but seems to be still free of media savvy and professional coaching; her short and curt answers a mark of her no-nonsense approach to life. "It has been a really hectic week, all go," she said last night. "I didn't expect this kind of reaction. It was weird to begin with, but I like the attention and I could get used to it. I am taking it all in my stride." "This is completely unprecedented," says Andrew Llinares, executive producer on Britain's Got Talent . "We have had big responses in the past, but we have never seen anything on this scale before. People love an underdog and she is the ultimate underdog." The youngest of nine children, Boyle suffered oxygen deprivation during birth, resulting in learning disabilities. "I come from a musical family," she says. "It has always been there, from my father down. Singing is always something I have done. It has been in my blood since I was 12 and took part in school productions and shows." She attended Edinburgh Acting School and has appeared in the Edinburgh Fringe.

She recorded a charity CD of Cry Me a River in 1999, of which 1,000 copies were pressed. She also had a previous brush with television, appearing on Michael Barrymore's ITV show My Kind of People, but unlike others - such as Charlotte Church, who were plucked to stardom after appearances on other shows - nobody came knocking for Boyle. "I did My Kind of People for fun," she says. "I also sang locally but things had quietened down." Boyle decided to audition for Britain's Got Talent after taking some time away from singing to care for her mother, who died in 2007 aged 91. Paul Potts, the mobile-phone salesman who won the first series of Britain's Got Talent and went on to become a global opera star, was her inspiration. "I had a bit of a rest after my mum died, but I had seen Britain's Got Talent on TV and thought I would have a go," she says. "Paul Potts was really good.

He was an inspiration to a lot of people and I thought I would take my chances." She attended the Glasgow audition in October, before being sent for a second audition in front of Cowell and his fellow judges - actor Amanda Holden and former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan - and a live audience. "I was very nervous," she admits. Standing in front of the blazing television lights and a crowd of 3,000, many of whom were simply waiting for her to fail because of the way she looked, Boyle introduced herself. To raised eyebrows from Cowell and Morgan and stifled laughter from the audience, she said her ambition was to be a professional singer like Elaine Paige. As she began to sing their expressions changed; cynicism was replaced by whopping, broad smiles and the wiping away of tears. She finished to a standing ovation. "I expected people to be a wee bit cynical," she says. "But I decided to win them round. That is what you do. They didn't know what to expect. Before Britain's Got Talent, I had never had a proper chance. It's as simple as that. You just have to keep going and take one step at a time and one day you will make it.

You just don't give up." The nearest comparison is with Potts, who is described as the most successful British reality TV star, with his debut album One Chance selling more than 3.5m copies and hitting the No 1 spot in 15 countries. However, it took five months for Potts's YouTube performances to hit 30m views. PR svengali Max Clifford, who represents Cowell but has so far had no direct involvement with Boyle, says he has never seen anything like it. "The Paul Potts thing took time," he says. "It happened here and then it spread gradually over a few weeks. This has happened in a few days." This speed is testament to the new technologies that have become more mainstream since 2007, namely YouTube and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter . While technology has helped spread the word, it is the message behind Boyle's performance that prompted it in the first place - the fact that an ordinary woman in her late 40s without movie-star looks can still get a break and make her dreams come true.

If the messages on Twitter are anything to go by, then Boyle's against-the-odds story and voice have struck a chord with millions worldwide in a time of economic gloom. "And in the news today, stockmarkets surged to pre-Sept highs as Susan Boyle returns optimism and inspiration to the world over," one read. Another: "Just became the 11,324,212th person to cry watching the Susan Boyle clip on YouTube." Clifford says it also has something to do with people having to challenge their own assumptions and prejudices. "It is a bit like the Paul Potts situation," he says. "You see this little fat guy with terrible teeth come on stage and he is going to sing Nessun Dorma. You think it is going to be embarrassing but he opens his mouth and the whole audience changes. It is one of those magical moments which we as a nation love. "Susan's story - her mother's death and her devotion to her and also never having had a boyfriend or been kissed - and the way she looks also helps. It tugs on everyone's heartstrings. Then she opens her mouth and everything changes. It is a dream come true." There has been some help behind the scenes.

Clifford admits Cowell was raving about Boyle weeks before her audition even aired and his support - and that of others connected with the show, which also has a hit American spin-off involving many of the same people - meant audiences sat up and listened. "People had their cards marked," Clifford says. "There was no question people were on to her. Simon [Cowell] was talking to me about her weeks ago. He said you have got to see the first episode. As soon as I saw it I could see it had all the ingredients." Within days, US networks were demanding interviews as were media organisations from as far afield as Japan, Denmark, Canada and Australia. The clip was played on TV stations around the world, appearing on everything from New Zealand current affairs show Close Up to NBC's Today Show, where it moved host Kathie Lee Gifford to tears. Even the venerable Washington Post, more used to breaking high-powered political scandals, published a front-page story on her. Clifford says that Boyle's appeal is her naturalness and that you won't suddenly see her given a makeover. "All the conversations I have had with Simon who runs and controls things is to just let her be herself.

This isn't about spin or a PR creation, it is a natural phenomenon. That is the lovely thing about it. If you are sensible, you respect that." "She has potentially got a huge career ahead off he," Clifford says. "The sky is the limit. These internet hits could transform into millions of sales. If there is an album out in the next few months, you are talking about a bestselling album worldwide." Among Boyle's growing band of fans is singer Patti LuPone, who first sang I Dreamed a Dream. "It made me cry. Susan has so much courage and pluck," she told American TV host Diane Sawyer, who had just interviewed Boyle live from her living room. Boyle watched her performance last Saturday with her brother. "I kept seeing the mistakes," she says. For now, Boyle is preparing for her next appearance on the show, which she is odds-on favourite to win before the second audition programme has even aired. She is keeping quiet about what her next song choice will be, although says she has been practising. But tonight, she will take a break from all the madness that has suddenly surrounded her to once again settle down with her brother to watch the show.

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By Leigh Holmwood Published: 20 Apr 2009 Susan Boyle Net Worth - Get Susan Boyle Net Worth Susan Boyle Net Worth Susan Boyle Net Worth is$8 Million VN:F [1.9.22_1171] Rating: 4.5/5 (36 votes cast) VN:F [1.9.22_1171] Rating: 2.7/5 (19 votes cast) Profession: Singer, Artist Ethnicity: Scottish people, Irish people in Great Britain Country: Scotland Susan Boyle was born in Scotland and has an estimated net worth of $8 million dollars. A singer who became an overnight sensation after appearing on "Britain's Got Talent", Susan Boyle, holds the record for being the oldest person to ever release a debut album, for having the fastest selling debut album by a female in the United Kingdom. Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Mis'erables.

Her first album was released in November 2009 and debuted as the number one best-selling album on charts around the globe. Global interest in Boyle was triggered by the contrast between her powerful mezzo-soprano voice and her plain appearance on stage. The juxtaposition of the audience's first impression of her, with the standing ovation she received during and after her performance, led to an international media and Internet response. Within nine days of the audition, videos of Boyle-from the show, various interviews and her 1999 rendition of "Cry Me a River"-had been watched over 100 million times. Her audition video has been viewed on the internet several hundred million times. Despite the sustained media interest she later finished in second place in the final of the show behind dance troupe Diversity. Boyle's debut album, I Dreamed a Dream (2009) remains as the UK best-selling debut album of all time, beating previous record holder, Spirit by Leona Lewis.I Dreamed a Dream is ranked fourth in its first week sales according to the Official Chart Company in the United Kingdom.

In her first year of fame, Boyle made a fortune of lb5 million with the release of I Dreamed a Dream and its lead off singles, "I Dreamed a Dream" and "Wild Horses". The success was continued with her second album, The Gift (2010), and was followed by Boyle's third album, Someone to Watch Over Me, released on 31 October 2011. Boyle was raised in Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland, by her parents Patrick Boyle, a miner, World War II veteran and singer at the Bishop's Blaize, and Bridget, a shorthand typist, whose family comes from County Donegal, Ireland. She was the youngest of four brothers and five sisters. Boyle was briefly deprived of Susan Boyle Net Worth, 4.5 out of 5 based on 36 ratings Susan Boyle Latest News

Question: Which female singer finished second in the 2009 'Britain’s Got Talent Show'?
Answer: Susan Boyle